Byron E. Burke, also known as Popâ Ur-Mää is an American record producer/DJ, who has worked in the music industry for over thirty years. He served as the Co-Executive Vice President of the music division for Prelude Music & Film Works that released the 1998 motion picture
''Lost In Space'' for
New Line Cinema
New Line Productions, Inc., Trade name, doing business as New Line Cinema, is an American film production, film and television production company that is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, a division of the Major film studios, ...
, as well as co-writing and producing music for artists on
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...
,
East West Records
East West Records (stylized as east''west'') is a record label formed in 1955, distributed and owned by Warner Music Group, headquartered in New York City.
History
After its creation in 1955 by Atlantic Records, the label had its first hit wit ...
, MAW Records,
Nervous Records
Nervous Records is a UK rockabilly music independent record label. It was formed in 1979 by Roy Williams, a DJ on the UK rock'n'roll scene. Nervous Records is credited by many as the leading record label behind the emergence of the British neo ...
,
Strictly Rhythm Records
Strictly Rhythm is an American house music record label.
History
The label was founded on May 1, 1989, by Gladys Pizarro and Mark Finkelstein, who were both working as A&R in a label called Spring Records. Working with house music artists fro ...
,
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-base ...
,
Universal Records
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and
.
By the age of 19, Burke became the Vice President for Burstinglaw Music Productions in Chicago, Illinois.
Burke was the creative force behind
Ten City
Ten City (derived from ''intensity'') is an American, Chicago, Illinois-based R&B and house music act, that enjoyed a number of club hits and Urban radio hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was one of the first exponents of deep house. ...
, an early 1990s dance group that established them as one of the pioneers of house music. He co-wrote and produced two albums entitled ''Foundation'' and ''State of Mind'' for Atlantic Records, one album entitled ''No House Big Enough'' for East West Records and one album entitled ''That Was Then, This Is Now'' for Columbia Records. The records spawned ten Top 20 Billboard magazine dance songs,
[ Billboard magazine - Ten City dance songs/ref> five Top 10 Billboard Magazine Sales Chart Singles, ten UK Singles Chart singles, a Gold Album from South Africa and a Silver Album from the UK that received international acclaim on four continents.
In 2021, Ten City was nominated for ]
Grammy Award
for Best Dance/Electronic Album, solidifying their enduring influence and marking a significant return to the dance music landscape.
Beyond his illustrious music career, Byron leads Popâ Ur-Mää Global Consulting Enterprise, a firm that has provided marketing services for prestigious luxury brands such as Rolls-Royce, Bugatti, Lamborghini, and Breitling. The firm is also dedicated to supporting social causes.
Ministry
On December 16, 2001, Burke became a member of the Body of Christ at Living Word Christian Center in Forest Park, Illinois
Forest Park (formerly Harlem) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census. The Forest Park (CTA station), Forest Park terminal on the Chicago Transit Authority, CTA ...
. By May 2003, Burke began conducting weekly online bible teachings on AOL & Yahoo chatrooms with individuals and groups in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, India, and Africa.
References
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American record producers